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MUScoop => The Superbar => Topic started by: MU82 on January 22, 2016, 05:21:01 PM

Title: Dave Blatt ... gone!
Post by: MU82 on January 22, 2016, 05:21:01 PM
http://sports.yahoo.com/news/sources--cavaliers-fire-coach-david-blatt-210152429.html

Well, that actually took about a year longer than I thought it would.
Title: Re: Dave Blatt ... gone!
Post by: MU82 on January 22, 2016, 05:22:37 PM
Also, Steve Kerr returning to GS sideline.

I'm thinking Luke Walton will have his choice of several jobs this coming offseason.
Title: Re: Dave Blatt ... gone!
Post by: wadesworld on January 22, 2016, 05:55:15 PM
Owner LeBron making moves.
Title: Re: Dave Blatt ... gone!
Post by: tower912 on January 22, 2016, 06:19:23 PM
Maybe LeBron can channel his inner Bill Russell.   
Title: Re: Dave Blatt ... gone!
Post by: MUsoxfan on January 22, 2016, 11:21:16 PM
Serious question: Are most NBA players coach able? I mean, at the end of the day Lebron is gonna do what he wants to do anyway
Title: Re: Dave Blatt ... gone!
Post by: 🏀 on January 23, 2016, 08:12:07 AM
Quote from: MUsoxfan on January 22, 2016, 11:21:16 PM
Serious question: Are most NBA players coach able? I mean, at the end of the day Lebron is gonna do what he wants to do anyway

Lebron doesn't need a coach, he needs a guy to coach the rest of the team.

Lebron hasn't had a great coach, he's barely had a good coach. Not a Spolstra fan. The other coaches, hot garbage.

MJ and  Kobe had Phil
Duncan has Pop
Magic had Riley
Iverson had Larry
Mailman had Sloan

Lebron needs a coach.
Title: Re: Dave Blatt ... gone!
Post by: MU82 on January 23, 2016, 08:41:26 AM
Quote from: PTM on January 23, 2016, 08:12:07 AM
Lebron doesn't need a coach, he needs a guy to coach the rest of the team.

Lebron hasn't had a great coach, he's barely had a good coach. Not a Spolstra fan. The other coaches, hot garbage.

MJ and  Kobe had Phil
Duncan has Pop
Magic had Riley
Iverson had Larry
Mailman had Sloan

Lebron needs a coach.

Magic got Riley only after he threw Westhead under the bus, ran over him, backed up, and ran over him again.

Maybe this was LeBron trying to do the same. Time will tell if Lue is the LeBron's Riley.
Title: Re: Dave Blatt ... gone!
Post by: 🏀 on January 23, 2016, 08:47:24 AM
Quote from: MU82 on January 23, 2016, 08:41:26 AM
Magic got Riley only after he threw Westhead under the bus, ran over him, backed up, and ran over him again.

Maybe this was LeBron trying to do the same. Time will tell if Lue is the LeBron's Riley.

I kinda doubt it, but we'll see.
Title: Re: Dave Blatt ... gone!
Post by: MU82 on January 23, 2016, 09:03:16 AM
Quote from: PTM on January 23, 2016, 08:47:24 AM
I kinda doubt it, but we'll see.

Well, me too, given that Riley probably is one of the 5 best coaches in NBA history.

But before Riley was one of the 5 best coaches in NBA history, he was just an unproven assistant and former role player.
Title: Re: Dave Blatt ... gone!
Post by: GGGG on January 23, 2016, 10:40:50 AM
Good NBA coaches know to gain the respect of stars and also be tough on them.  Apparently Blatt was too deferential to LBJ, Love and Irving, to the point that Lue had to get on them when Blatt wouldn't.

The best players know this.  MJ and Kobe knew they needed Phil Jackson.  That's why Team USA like Coach K because he does the same thing.
Title: Re: Dave Blatt ... gone!
Post by: HouWarrior on January 23, 2016, 01:27:50 PM
Of the NBA final four coaches from last year ...

only the Atlanta coach has coached all games this season.

McHale (Rockets), Blatt (Cavs) are fired , and Kerr has missed half the season.

Has there ever been an NCAA final four coach who was fired before the end of the next season?

Title: Re: Dave Blatt ... gone!
Post by: GGGG on January 23, 2016, 01:36:45 PM
Quote from: houwarrior on January 23, 2016, 01:27:50 PM
Has there ever been an NCAA final four coach who was fired before the end of the next season?

Bo Ryan?
Title: Re: Dave Blatt ... gone!
Post by: RushmoreAcademy on January 23, 2016, 03:22:02 PM
Tough situation for Blatt. He was hired to come in and work with young players like Wiggins, and then things got flipped around.
To the point about Lebron's coaches, Spol was a fine coach.  He dealt with the overflow of talent and won two titles. 
Title: Re: Dave Blatt ... gone!
Post by: GooooMarquette on January 23, 2016, 05:23:49 PM
The first question that came to mind when I saw this thread was "who is Dave Blatt?"
Title: Re: Dave Blatt ... gone!
Post by: ZiggysFryBoy on January 24, 2016, 01:10:50 PM
Quote from: The Sultan of Sunshine on January 23, 2016, 01:36:45 PM
Bo Ryan?

ding, ding, ding.
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